断だん筆ぴつ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

ceasing to write; retiring as a writer; putting down one's pen

Used when a writer stops writing, often permanently. Can refer to retiring from a writing career or stopping a particular work. The する form is intransitive.

• 彼かれは病びょう気きを理り由ゆうに断だん筆ぴつした。

  He stopped writing due to illness.

• その作さっ家かは長ながい沈ちん黙もくの後あと、ついに断だん筆ぴつを宣せん言げんした。

  After a long silence, the author finally announced his retirement from writing.